Tulane University
Wichita State University
Men's Basketball Heads to Wichita State For Wednesday Night Matchup
Jan 24, 2023 | Men's Basketball
WICHITA, Kan. – Tulane University men's basketball heads to Wichita State to face the Shockers on Wednesday night. Â
The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU. Fans can also listen to the game live on the radio by tuning into 104.1 The Spot or by CLICKING HERE. Tulane's "Voice of the Green Wave" Corey Gloor will call the action live.
STARTING FIVE
1. Tulane University men's basketball heads to Wichita State to take on the Shockers in a Wednesday night matchup. Tulane won both meeting last year by a combined two points.
2. Tulane has lost two traight after winning five straight conference games. The Wave was without its thrid leading scorer in Tulsa in Kevin Cross (14.4 ppg)
3. Jaylen Forbes continues to lead the team in scoring averaging 18.8 ppg. This is Forbes' highest ppg in his career as well has his highest free throw average at .898.
4. Tulane has the highest scoring offense in the AAC averaging 80.6 ppg on the season. The Green Wave has scored 90+five times this season, three of those coming in conference play.
5. Tulane is second in the country in free throw percentage shooting 81.5 percent from the charity stripe. Jaylen Forbes leads the team and the AAC shooting 89.9 percent.
TULANE BY THE NUMBERS
273 – Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 273 consecutive games. The last time the Green Wave failed to do so came on Jan. 16, 2014 at home against Louisiana Tech when they went 0-for-14 from outside.
90 – Tulane has scored 90+ five times this season which is more than the last two seasons combined. The last time the Green Wave scored 100 was in 2017, when they scored 102 versus LIU Brooklynn.
81.5 – Tulane is shooting 81.5 percent from the line which is on track to be the best team average ever for a Tulane team.
11 - Sion James has scored in the double digits 11 times so far this season, the sophomore totaled six double digit games last season. James's career high of 30 points came versus Memphis on 1/1/22.
8.5 - Tulane is averaging 8.5 more points per game than last season.
7 – Head coach Ron Hunter is seven wins away from 500 in his career.
1 - Tulane currently has the top ranked scoring offense in the league averaging 80.6 points per game.
THE OPPONENT – WICHITA STATE
• The Shockers have won four of its last five games including wins versus South Florida, Tulsa and SMU.
• Wichita State has trhe lowest scoring offense in the AAC averaging 66.3 ppg.
• The Shockers doe snot have a player in te top 15 in scoring in the league.
• Craig Porter Jr. is the AAC's leading shot blocker averaging 1.9 per game.
A WIN VERSUS WICHITA STATE
• Tulane would get its third straight win over the Shockers.
• Ron Hunter would be 6 wins away from 500 in his career.
• Tulane would get its 13th win of the season, tying its regular season win total from last year.
2022-23 STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT
Through the first 19 games of the year, Tulane shows improvement through six statistical categories compared to the first right games of last season.
Category                 2021-22                         2022-23
Points Per Game           72.4                  80.6
Field Goal Percentage      .439                  .462
Free Throw Percentage      73.4                  81.5
Turnovers Per Game        11.1                  10.7
Steals per game            8.3                   8.7
Assists per game           12.5                 15.5
SUCCESS FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
• Tulane is currently 331-406 from the free throw line (.815) which is trending towards the program's highest single-season percentage since 1967-68 when the team shot 528-of-692 (.763) at the charity stripe.
• Three Green Wave players are currently shooting over .800 from the line - Jaylen Forbes (.898), Jalen Cook (.899) and Kevin Cross (.838).
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